Trampolines have become much safer from their very beginnings until today. They’re now much safer, of higher quality, and simpler to set up. From a sports prop, they have become a great accessory for active leisure time and healthy activities, to strengthen the body and to have best family fun and trampoline fun possible.
A quality trampoline is also one of those open-type sports equipment that contribute to the development of creativity, as children and the whole family can create their own games and rules on it. The latter therefore allows the user a wide variety of uses for the most pleasant outdoor family activities, and also provides unforgettable trampoline fun for awesome family days out.
Let’s take a look at just a few trampoline fun ideas to spice up your trampoline jumping as physical activity keeps you healthy and also safe.
Basic jumps
The first step to safety is always that you begin your jumping with basic trampoline tricks and jumps, such as
- The Front Drop
- Bottom Bounce
- The Jumping Jack
- The Praying Mantis
- The Turtle Drop
- The Flying Ballerina
- The Pancake Drop
- The Rolling Stone
as you learn controlled jumping through them. Safe landings are crucial in preventing injuries, so it is important to keep in mind that balance is the basis of all jumps, and stopping technique is just as important as the jumps themselves. You can read more about basic jumps and how to actually perform them in our blog here.
A trapeze jump
If you’ve ever envied acrobats their abilities on the trapeze, trampolines are your chance to show what you’ve got. A trapeze is a short bar hanging at a certain height from two ropes. Hold the trapeze with your hands and start swinging in the air over the soft airbag. While you swing, you can try different tricks, or you can just enjoy the feeling of flying. To ensure a safe landing, jump off the trapeze onto the soft airbag.
Free drop into an airbag
Airbags are the best equipment pieces in trampoline parks as they ensure a soft landing regardless of what height you jump from. A free drop into an airbag is a very popular stunt among adrenaline junkies. It’s very easy to do so anyone can try it. The only thing you need to do is keep your whole body tense when you land.
Flips
Doing flips looks fantastic, so this trick is very popular in trampoline parks. You can do front flips, back flips, and side flips in tuck, pike and straight positions. Begin by jumping with both feet and pumping your arms to gain height. To do a flip, you need good spatial orientation and coordination.
When doing a front flip, push your shoulders forward after you bounce and bring your head to your chest. Then tuck in your legs, lift your hips and quickly push your heels backwards. This movement rotates the body forward into a front flip and helps you land on both feet.
Corkscrew
On trampolines, you can rotate your body not only around its transverse axis, but also its longitudinal axis. You can do a corkscrew and rotate 180°, 360°, 540° or even 720° and more. Start by jumping with both feet and pumping your arms to gain height. Then turn your head and shoulders sideways to rotate your body around its longitudinal axis. Keep your arms bent next to your body, and land with both feet.
Balance on a Slackline
In a trampoline park, you can also have fun with balance challenges. You can test your balance on slacklines. Slacklining is based on the body’s quick sensing of motions and its (good) response to the dynamics of the external environment. Don’t worry about landing - you’ll do slacklining over airbags so a soft landing is guaranteed.
Battle Beam gladiator games
Trampoline parks will also give you an opportunity to try your skills in gladiator games. The special narrow Battle Beam is the perfect spot to challenge your friend to a balancing duel. Your only weapon will be a long foamy cylindrical pad you’ll use to try to knock your opponent off the beam. But don’t worry, a soft landing is also ensured with an airbag.
But when jumping, do not forget about safety!
Jumping on a trampoline offers a lot of healthy fun activities, but it is always necessary to keep safety in mind when jumping. You can significantly increase your safety by using some accessories for you and accessories for trampolines, such as jumping socks, and of course, by following all safety precautions.
You can also reduce the risk of injury by not overestimating your abilities, and it is always important to think about your well-being and possible fatigue so that family activities will remain fun and joyful, as well as safe.
